Multiple swing farm gate



Nov. 20, 1951 "r. J. KNIGHT MULTIPLE SWING FARM GATE 2 SHEETS-SHEET 1Filed Nov. 28, 1947 JNVENTOR. TROY d. KNIGHT Nov. 20, 1951 T. J. KNIGHT2,575,419

Y MULTIPLE SWING FARM GATE Filed Nov. 28, 1947 o \o 2 SHEETSSHEET 2 Q N-=3 I g T n J l 5 INVENTOR.

TROY J. KNIGHT flmwzrflmmm Attorneys Patented Nov. 20, 1951 v JMULTIBIIESWING tears TroyJQKriight, Golden, 1m. -Application.November 28,1941,;Serial No. 18.859

This invention relates :to "farm gates and more particularly to a farmgate of "the multiple adjustment type which is especially adapted tofacilitate "the movement of cattle or other stock into and out of aiarmenclosure or field.

A main object of the new invention is to provide a'novel and improvedfarm gate which has multiple types of adjustment in accordance withdifierent requirements :as to size :of the passageway desired, dependingupon the size and number of the stock .passing throughthe gate, the.gate being veryisimple in constructionfand easytoinstalland operate. v

.A further object of the invention is .to provide animproved "farm gateof the multipleadjustment type which is inexpensive to build, ,siturdyin :construoition, and which is vsviiingable [in a horizontal plane, "toallow large cattle 'to" pass through the gate and which may be adjustedangularly in a vertical plane to allow small stock animals such as pigs,and the like, to pass under the gate.

Further objects and advantages of the invention will become apparentfrom the following description and claim, and from the accompanyingdrawings, wherein:

Figure 1 is an elevational view of a stock gate constructed inaccordance with the present invention.

Figure 2 is a top view of the gate shown in Figure 1.

Figure 3 is an enlarged detail view of the latch structure employed onthe gate, said viewbeing taken on line 3-3 of Figure 1.

Figure 4 is a detail view taken on line 4-4 of Figure 1.

Figure 5 is an elevational view of the gate of Figure 1, showing thebody of the gate rotated around its intermediate vertical axis to anopen position and illustrating one type of the'possible modes ofoperation of the gate.

Figure 6 is an enlarged cross-sectional detail view taken on line 6-6 ofFigure 1.

Figure '7 is an enlarged cross-sectional detail view taken on line'I---'! of Figure 1.

Figure 8 is a cross-sectional detail view taken on line 8-8 of Figure 6.

Referring to the drawings, ll designates a vertical post suitablyanchored in the ground at one side of the passageway leading to the farmenclosure or field, and I2 designates a similar post anchored in theground at the other side of the passageway. Secured to post II arerespective upper and lower brackets l3 and I4, said brackets beingformed with the respective vertically aligned eye portions 45 and I6.Journaled in said eye portions [5 and I6 is a vertical spindle memberI'l. Spindle member I! forms part of a frame I8, said frame comprisingspindle member [1, a vertical sleeve 19, and cross bars 20, 2| and 22rigidly "1 Claim. (Cl. 39- 78) connecting sleeve "ill to spindle memberll and' extending substantially half .way "across the passageway'between tlregposts Ill "and "f2.

Secured to the 'crossbars 2'0, 21 and 22 ion both sides thereof adjacent.the spindle member 1"! are vertical :bars 23, :23, and secured to eachbar 23 by, respective top .andbottom lugs24 and 21') are'verti'c'alapertured .bars 126, 2'6. 'Each'barlfi has a :plurality .of verticallyspaced apertures 21, and secured to each ZbarZB by a removable pin 28passing -through :a selected aperture "21 isa clevis member 29.

Slidably and rotatably carried in the sleeve member is is a verticalshaft or 'spindlemember 30 having threaded to its :top end an elbow-5,Threadedfinto and i'rdtatable in the horizontal leg of elbow "3| is "astud.32 carrying 'ayertical plate element 33. Secured to said plateelement 33 is the top intermediate portion of the gate body 34. Saidgate body comprises vertically spaced horizontal bars 35 connected byspaced vertical bars 36. Secured to shaft 30 subadjacent the bottom rimof elbow 3| is a collar 42 which rotatably bears on the top end ofsleeve member [9 and provides the main support for gate body 34 on theframe I8.

Secured to the intermediate portion of the lowermost horizontal bar 35of gate body 34 is a longitudinally slotted bracket 31 which receivesthe lower end portion of shaft 30, the bracket 31 being relatively elonated longitudinally to allow swinging adjustment of the gate body 34around the stud 32 to desired angular positions of said gate body, asshown, for example, in dotted view at 34' in Figure 1. An end of one ofthe horizontal bars 35 is engaged in one of the clevis members 29 tosecure the gate body 34 in the selected angular position thereof. Figure1 shows in full line view the gate body 34 secured by a clevis member 29in horizontal position.

Post l2 has secured to its intermediate portion a bracket 38. Pivoted toopposed ends of an inwardly projecting horizontal flange 39 carried bysaid bracket are the respective notched latch members 40, 40. Thenotched latch members 40 are each adapted to engage over an end portionof an adjacent horizontal bar 35 to latch the gate in closed position.By rotating the latch member 40 upwardly, as shown in dotted line viewin Figure 3, the gate may be released for swinging movement.

The gate body is secured in an inclined position, ,such as shown at 34,when it is desired to provide clearance for the passage of small animalssuch as pigs, or the like, under the raised lower portion of the gatebody.

When it is desired to provide clearance through the passageway forlarger animals, the latch 40 is released and the gate is swung bodily toopen position around the spindle member l1. When it is desired toprovide only half of the maximum clearance, the clevis 29 engaging theend of a horizontal bar 35 is removed, allowing the gate body 34 to beswung to the position shown in Figure 5:" 1i t By the-provision of thepluralityiof apertures 21 in the bars 26 close vertical adjustments ofthe clevis members 29 may be obtained.

other end of the frame, a rod journalled in said sleeve and projectingdownwardly therefrom, a right angular tubular extension on the upper endof the sleeve, a medially hinged sectional gate, a 'pivotrnemberprojecting-laterally from the upper central fportion of the gate andjournalled in the extension, a longitudinally slotted bracket secured tothe lower central portion of By the provision of the duplicate bars 23,.26

and latch members 39 on both sides of the plane of frame iii, the gatebody may be secured on either one side or the other of said plane. Sinceshaft member 30 is verticallyslidable in sleeve IS, the gate body 34 maybe freely elevated with respect to the frame 18; Vertically spacedapertures 4!. are formed "in shaft member 3!), through which a pin maybe transversely passed to support the shaft member on the top rim ofsleeve IS in a'desired elevated position of the gate body. a

While a specific embodiment of a multiple adjustable farm gate has beendisclosed in the foregoingdescription, it will be understood thatvarious modifications within the spirit of the invention may occurto'those skilled in the art. There fore, it is intended thatno'limitations be placed on the invention except as defined by the scopeof the appended claim.

What is claimed is:

In a swingable gate, a fixed vertical post, a vertical frame pivotallysecured at one end to said post for horizontal swinging movement abouta. vertical axis, a vertical sleeve carried by the REFERENCES CITED Thefollowing references are of record in the file of this patent: V

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